Translation Display Apparatus with Dynamic Text Sizing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing translation display apparatuses fail to conveniently and visually recognize translated language character strings in relation to the original document image, especially when inter-line spaces are small, making it difficult to compare and understand the correspondence between the original and translated text.
Innovation Solution
A translation display apparatus that acquires a document image, recognizes text areas, translates character strings, and positions translated text in inter-line spaces for improved visibility, allowing for convenient comparison and recognition, with optional enlargement and correction features to enhance visibility and accuracy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the translated language character string is disposed in the inter-line space just below the original character string, then it is easy to understand the correspondence between original and translated text, but when the inter-line space is small, the translated language character string becomes excessively small and visual recognition becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic adjustment of the translated language character string size based on the inter-line space measurement. When the inter-line space is insufficient, the system automatically enlarges the translated text beyond the standard inter-line space proportion, making the size adaptive rather than fixed. This resolves the contradiction by allowing the translated text to maintain readability (improving visibility) while still being positioned in the inter-line space (maintaining correspondence), with the size dynamically adjusted based on the available space.
2Extent of automation
If the translated language character string is displayed on the selected text area or adjacent to it using a pop-up dialog, then the translation function is implemented, but it is difficult to understand the correspondence between original character string and translated language character string
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the translated language character string directly with the original document image by positioning it in the inter-line space of the original text. This integration allows the translated text to be viewed in the same visual context as the original text, making the correspondence between them immediately apparent. The translated text becomes part of the document layout rather than a separate pop-up element, enabling simultaneous visual comparison while maintaining the automated translation function.
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AI summary
In a translation display apparatus, when an instruction to enlarge and display a part of an image of a translated sentence-added document displayed on a display unit is inputted from a display instruction input section, a partially-enlarged image creating section creates a partially-enlarged image in which a part of the image of a translated sentence-added document is enlarged. Under the control of a control section, an image creating section creates a partial enlargement-added image which is an image obtained by superimposing the partially-enlarged image created by the partially-enlarged image creating section on the image of the translated sentence-added document. Under the control of the control section, the display unit displays the partial enlargement-added image.